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Spring greens

A chilly walk this afternoon, plagued by showers, but full of fresh Spring greens.  Unfurling ferns, tiny wild gooseberries, green alkanet, Solomon's-seal, the vibrant green of young lime tree leaves and a pale lime-yellow flower I have never seen before and cannot identify.  Any ideas welcome!

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  1. Beautiful photos - is alkanet related to borage as it looks very similar.

    The pale yellow flower - is it a wild lamium known as lamium galeobdolon (Archangel Yellow)?

    All looks very lush...love unfurling ferns.

    Just lovely, all of it. xx

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    1. Yes, alkanet is a member of the borage family. Such a glorious blue! I love it. It is very invasive though! Don't be tempted to plant it in your garden, like I did once!! I think the pale yellow flower is from the nettle family, Labiatae, it does have a square stem (I think - didn't look closely enough and the photos are a bit blurred) but I can't find anything like it in my flower book. It is not yellow archangel. I had some of that in my Monday vase a couple of weeks ago. This plant is much taller. The investigation continues!! A xx

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